As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
To better meet the needs and support the diverse geography of Massachusetts' LGBTQ+ organizations and populations, the Equality Fund is expanding its coverage area to the full state of Massachusetts.
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The new report highlights the broad-based decline in opioid deaths across all races and age groups since 2022 peak, but warns that many items attributed to recent reductions are especially vunlnerable to changes in policy and budgets.
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The new Mass ECHOS report on family wealth in Massachusetts highlights the massive wealth gap affecting Latinos in the state, and our grantmaking and other work must doible down on addressing it, says LEF's Carlos Muñoz-Cadilla.
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A new report produced by the Gastón Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston in partnership with the Latino Equity Fund documents the rapid growth of Massachusetts’ Latino voting-age population, and also a substantial opportunity to improve voter participation beyond registration.
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The Boston Globe's reporting on the new Mass ECHOS report on family wealth highlights the new data and past TBF and Boston Indicators' work that suggests federeal actions are expected to exacerbate existing wealth gaps.
Read MoreThe Boston Globe reports on the creation of the new BizGrow hub, supported by TBF and several other funders.
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GBH reports on the release of the Mass ECHOS report on family wealth in Massachusetts, made possible by a partnership of funders convened by the Boston Foundation.
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In an opinion piece, TBF's Courtney Brunson lays out the dimensions of impact homeownership can have for a family's financial stability and safety, and the need for greater emphasis on keeping homeowners in their homes.
Read MoreProduced in partnership between the Latino Equity Fund and Gastón Institute at UMass Boston, this report explores the growth of the Latino electorate in Massachusetts, and the untapped opportunity to ensure Latino issues play a more central role in the democratic process.
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Produced in partnership between the Boston Foundation, Firefly Energy Consulting, and the Building Electrification Institute, this report explores how philanthropy can provide “catalytic capital,” using impact investments and other vehicles to supplement local, state, and federal funding to reduce carbon emissions in low- and moderate-income areas.
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A new report takes a first-of-its-kind look at family wealth across demographic groups in Massachusetts, highlighting the broad disaparities between and among groups in the state.
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This report from the Boston Private Industry Council and the Boston Foundation explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the following years on college enrollment, persistance and completion for graduates of the Boston Public Schools. While results are improving from pandemic lows, the report highlights the challenges of regaining momentum, especially for the groups of students facing the hardest paths to a postsecondary education.
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In this issue, Lee Pelton reflects on his five years leading TBF. Plus, we explore more in detail TBF's commitment to the next chapter for Nubian Square in Roxbury, and we hear from a former Boston Foundation director who is using her philanthropy to ensure truth and history get into Massachusetts schools.
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